Dhaka, BANGLADESH – On Wednesday Salvation Army personnel, including a team visiting from Canada, were forced to make a quick exit from the city of Dhaka when a huge exchange of gunfire between junior and senior officers of the Bangladesh Border Security forced the city to shut down.

Salvation Army offices were closed and personnel were bused to safety before the 2 p.m. city curfew.
The Salvation Army commenced its work in Bangladesh as a relief operation following a severe cyclone in 1970.

The Amy in Bangladesh expresses its vision of ‘integrated mission’ through a wide range of programs: village churches, community based health and development work, income generating projects, HIV/AIDS work, a knitting factory and IT software development.